Depositions & Examinations
EDC 5/1638/13 (unfol.) Knott c Curwen
CRO
Violation of church rights
1638
1638
Over Kellet, Lancashire, England
Plaintiff
Charles Knott
male
Vicar of Over Kellet
Church of England clergyman
Defendant
William Curwen
male
Church of England clergyman
Spouse
[Not specified]
[Not specified]
Over Kellet, Lancashire, England
Event
Penance in an alehouse
1638
Over Kellet, Lancashire, England
Components
Penance in alehouses
Sacrilege
Statement
1638
Charles Knott
That one Agnes Stockdale was enjoined penance for having a bastard to be performed in the chapel of Over Kellett aforesaid she gave you a sum of money to suffer her to do it privately And she did thereupon do a certain kind of penance in an alehouse and not in the chapel of Over Kellet; and that you for money aforesaid did make a false certificate and under your hand attested that she had done her penance in the chapel of Over Kellett according to her order.